近代上海郁氏沙船业的兴衰及其士绅化转型

The Rise and Fall of the Yu Clan’s Northern Junk Industry and Transformation into Gentry

郁氏家族是开埠前后上海最具影响力的沙船商人家族之一,不仅在航运及相关行业中的地位举足轻重,而且在上海公共治理、地方文化传承等方面也曾发挥过重要作用。郁氏沙船号的兴衰可以折射出整个沙船行业在清中叶的转变。在“重士轻商”的社会传统中,商人有着强烈的向士人和官僚阶层靠拢转移的意愿。他们积极投身社会公共治理,将商业资本转化为政治资本,以提高政治地位和社会地位。郁氏家族在以沙船业实现资本积累的过程中,积极实现商业资本向政治资本和文化资本的转变,并完成士绅化转变的过程。

The Yu family was one of the most influential northern junk merchants in Shanghai during the opening of Shanghai as a treaty port.Not only did the Yu play a crucial role in shipping and related industries,they also had significant influence in public administration and local cultural heritage.Their fortunes reflected the transformation of the northern junk industry as a whole during the mid-Qing period.In a society that emphasized scholarly accomplishments over profits,there was a strong tendency for merchants to convert their commercial capital into political and cutlural capital as a means of enhancing their social status.The Yu followed this classical route,and successfully transformed themselves into gentry.